Mumbai, March 13 -- Mumbai City FC outplayed North East United FC by 4-1 at the Mumbai Football Arena (MFA) to go up to 39 points and strengthen their position at the top of the Indian Super League (ISL) 2023-24 points table on Tuesday night.

Vikram Partap Singh struck the back of the net thrice to become only the sixth Indian in ISL history to notch a hat-trick, and the second youngest Indian to do so in the league after Kiyan Nassiri Giri's feat against East Bengal FC in January 2022.

It was an absolutely overwhelming show put on by the Islanders, who registered their fourth victory in their last six matches to further their formidable run towards retaining their ISL League Winners Shield title.

They held a firm grip over the proceedi...